Configuring IPX and SPX service advertising

Use this procedure to configure service advertising and control the resources allocated to SAPD.

The following list describes the prerequesites:

• Access to scoadmin(1M)

• System Owner permission to use scoadmin's NetWare Setup utility

1. From scoadmin, select NetWare, then select the NetWare Setup utility.

2. Select IPX/SPX.

3. Select SAP.

   The ``IPX/SPX: SAP Setup'' window appears.

4. Set the following variables as appropriate.

   • Basic. The Basic category shows the most commonly changed UnixWare IPX/SPX SAP variables:

     • Advertise UnixWare Platform? This variable controls whether the machine is advertised as a UnixWare platform. ``Yes'' means other machines can obtain the server's name and IPX address. ``No'' means other machines cannot detect the server name or IPX address. This variable must be set to ``Yes'' if the "Advertise Remote Application Sharing?" variable is set to ``Yes''. The default is ``Yes''.

     • Advertise Remote Application Sharing? This variable controls whether the server advertises remote application sharing. ``Yes'' means the server advertises that it has applications to share. ``No'' means the server does not advertise applications to other machines. The default is ``No''.

     • Enable Fast SAP Daemon Initialization? This variable specifies whether the SAPD performs fast initialization. ``Yes'' means the SAPD becomes operational while establishing the table of network servers. ``No'' means the SAPD becomes operational after establishing a table of known network servers. The default is ``Yes''.

   • Advanced. The Advanced category shows and allows you to change the less commonly used IPX/SPX SAP variables:

     • Maximum Number of SAP Servers. This variable specifies the maximum number of servers about which SAPD will maintain information. It determines the size of shared memory region used by SAP. If this parameter is too small, new servers that do not fit in the table are ignored. The default is 3000.

     • SAP Log Filename. This variable specifies the name of the log file for messages generated during normal SAPD operations. The messages may include unusual SAPD occurrences or start and stop times. Valid values are UnixWare file or pathnames. The default is sap.log.

     • Maximum Messages Logged to SAP File. This variable specifies the maximum number of messages that will be logged in the file specified by the SAP log file parameter. The 0 value disables logging. The default is 300.

     • SAP Dump Filename. This variable specifies the name of the file that receives output when SAPD dumps SAP tables. Dump is initiated by sending SAPD a SIGPIPE and is used for debugging. Valid values are UnixWare filenames. The default is sap.dump.

     • SAP Track Filename. This variable specifies the device that displays tracking messages showing SAP packets when ``track on'' is used. Valid values are UnixWare file or pathnames or /dev/console.

     • SAP Run-time Priority. This variable sets a value that specifies the running priority for SAPD relative to other processes and is used to give SAP a higher priority than other processes. The default is 15.

5. Click OK.